Triumph Bonneville 1969

Nick’s bike

I bought this bike in 2007. It had some work on it and looked in reasonable condition and ran, but it had the wrong shaped tank on it and had been poorly painted so the paint was starting to blister. I then started to discover a lot of problems and some time after I got it the engine seized. I bought a second hand tank and had it painted, together with the mudguards in the correct 1969 colours (olympic flame and silver). I rebuilt the engine myself(replacing the clutch and alternator, bearings, seals etc), using a combination of the official workshop manual and Hughie Hancox’s DVDs as a guide.

Classic & Custom Show – 2019

Our 33rd Custom and Classic Motorcycle Show was held at the Burghfield Community Sports Association in July 2019. The sun shone, we had lots of bikes, a bar with beer, good food on offer and people had a good time.

We had a many interesting bikes that attracted people gathering around to talk about them.

The highlight of the day was when the judges announced the results, prizes were awarded and the winning bikes went on display.

More photos from the 2019 show below.

Skittles Evening

The venue where we hold our shows has a purpose built skittles alley and bar. We have enjoyed an evening playing skittles while we drank, ate and chatted the night before our bike shows. Here are some pictures of Branch members at one evening before our Summer show.